Hair waver



May 8, 1923. v

H. a. HOFFMANN ET AL HAIR WAVER Filed June 16. 1920 INVEN'JORS H 6. HOFFMAN/l 6. B. HaF'PM/i/v/v ATTORNEYS Patented May. 8, 1923.

HARRY G. HOFFMANN AND GENEVIEVE B. HOFFMANN, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

HAIR WAVEB.

Application filed June 16, 1920. Serial No. 389,274.

To all '11. 7mm it may concern Be it known that we, HARRY G. HOFFMANN and Gnmwrnvn B. HOFFMANN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Oakland, county of Alameda, and State of California, have invented a new and useful Hair Waver, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to devices for producing an artificial curl or wave to the hair.

An object of the invention is to provide a flexible hair waver which may be folded upon itself and made to firmly retain the hair when wound thereon without the aid of a catch yet which may be readily unfolded and caused to assume an extended position without having a kink formed therein after the waver has been used a number of times.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth in the following description of the preferred form of our invention which is illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. It is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the showing made by the said drawings and description, as we may adopt variations of the preferred form within the scope of our invention as set forth in the claims.

Referring to said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the waver in its extended or inoperative position, p0rtions of the covering being removed to disclose the interior members more clearly.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the waver in its folded position showing the hair engaged therein.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified construction of the waver.

The waver comprises a plurality of wire units 2, 3 and 41:, twisted or woven together, or as here shown formed into a braid. In the present embodiment of the invention three wire units are used, each one of which is composed of a plurality of strands 5 and 6. The wires 2, 3 and 4c are each preferably provided with a protective covering 7 of some textile fabric or the like and if deso that a fiat braid is formed whose thickness is not much more than that of two strands.

The adjacent ends of the wires and their strands are preferably secured by caps 9 and 10 thereby lending firmness to the entire structure.

When it is desired to use the waver the hair is wound upon one end as shown in Fig. 2 and the waver is then bent or folded upon itself to firmly retain the hair thereon. After the hair has been held in the waver a suitable length of time, the waver may be unfolded to an open or extended position so that the waved hair can be readilydisengaged therefrom. Due to the peculiar structure of the waver it can be readily straightened to assume a fully extended position, "ree from any kinks or unevenness, notwithstanding long and continued use, thereby not only enabling effectivecurling or waving while the waver is new but permitting of eflicient use for a long time thereafter.

We claim:

1. in a hair waver, a plurality of wires braided togetherand formed of a plurality of strands.

2. In a hair waiver, a plurality of wires braided so that the thickness of the braid does not exceed the thickness of substantially two wiresthereof, said wires being composed of a plurality of strands, a nonmetallic protective covering on said strands,

' and means for securing the adjacentends of the wire together.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands at Oakland, California, this 10th day of June, 1920.

In presence of FLoY CRANE. 

